F1's GENIUS Damper Trick Was So Good It Was Banned

Renault and Fernando Alonso were dominant through the mid-2000s. But it wasn’t just Fernando’s crazy driving style that gave them such pace - the car had a genius mechanical device - fitted to the nose of the car that made it extremely stable and gave it much more grip than any of the other cars on the grid.

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It was an idea that Renault copied from Skyscrapers - where they use a large suspended mass to counteract the swaying of the building.

They came up with a condensed-down version and fitted it to the car. It gained them downforce, made the car much more confidence-inspiring through the corners and gained them huge lap time.

But how did Renault take something from a skyscraper and use it to make their F1 car so dominant?

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In 2005, new regulations meant the front wing had to be 50mm higher than in previous years. So the teams often lowered the whole car to get the new wing to be closer to the ground and therefore more effective.

However, this meant the springs needed to be much stiffer to stop the car bottoming out - which then caused another problem.

As the tyres hit bumps or clipped curbs - the car experienced pretty serious vibrations - typically this led to the nose pitching up and down around 8-10 times a second, completely ruining the airflow over the front wing leading to a huge reduction in downforce.

It also led to the grip levels changing through the corner - making the cars very unpredictable and difficult for the drivers to drive at the limit.

So Renault developed a Tuned Mass Damper for the 2005 season - this was a device that would oppose any up and down vibrations, making the car more driveable and improving grip. So how did it work?

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